Campaign Statements — War on Terror
Sunday June 12, 2011
“Today the greatest obstacle toward achieving a real and lasting peace is not the strength of the enemy or the unwillingness of Israel to make great sacrifices for the sake of peace, but an inability on the part of the Obama Administration and certain other world leaders to tell the truth about terrorism, be honest about the publicly stated goals of our common enemies, and devise policies appropriate to an honest accounting of reality.
Recall that during Congressional testimony last year, Attorney General Holder was repeatedly asked and yet could not bring himself to say that the ideology of radical Islamism plays a role in motivating Islamic terrorists to carry out their attacks.
The report issued in the aftermath of the Fort Hood attack, in which Major Nidal Hassan, who carried around business cards that said “warrior of Allah” and shouted Allahu Akbar while opening fire on unarmed men and women, did not once mention radical Islamism.
In an eerily similar incident at the Frankfurt airport earlier this year, a terrorist opened fire, yelling Allahu Akbar and killing two people.
Yet the State Department spokesman, when asked if it was a terrorist attack, responded by asking: “was the shooting of congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords a terrorist attack?”
This moral confusion, which cannot see the difference between the isolated, albeit depraved, actions of a madman, and an attack that fits into an carefully defined ideology of radical Islamist terrorism, is sadly typical of this administration’s elevation of political correctness above common sense.”
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CATEGORIES: Islamophobia | Newt Gingrich | War on Terror |
Saturday January 01, 2011
“There is another advantage to a more judicious approach toward foreign entanglements…This includes standing shoulder to shoulder with Israel as they manage a host of new challenges brought on by the Arab Spring, along with more familiar challenges, such as a hostile Iran, which will continue to be a transcendent challenge of the next decade. I cannot live with a nuclear-armed Iran. If you want an example of when I would consider the use of American force, it would be that.”
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CATEGORIES: Iran | Jon Huntsman | Official Statements | War on Terror |
Saturday January 01, 2011
“The Soviets were there for nine years before they left with over 14,000 dead. They tried to crush the Afghans with pure power—aerial bombing and strafing and helicopter gunships and tanks. We have been there ten years and are taking a different approach. We are nation building. Our presence there should not focus on nation building, however, but rather on counterterrorism.”
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CATEGORIES: Jon Huntsman | Official Statements | War on Terror |
Saturday January 01, 2011
“Rick believes our nation’s leaders must be honest with the American people and call this war what it is, a War with Radical Islam.”
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CATEGORIES: Islamophobia | Official Statements | Rick Santorum | War on Terror |
Saturday January 01, 2011
“I think it’s useful to use covert operations to get rid of Muammar Gadhafi, but I don’t think the U.S. should have troops there. I think this whole effort to have forces on the ground has turned out to be a swamp, whether it’s Afghanistan, Iraq or Libya. Because we are not prepared to be engaged deeply enough to change the culture, and we are [only] prepared to engage deep enough to get in and out. And that leaves you with the worst of all worlds. Because over time your enemies hate you, your very presence leads to more people deciding you are their enemy. You become a symbol around which to organize anti-Western radicalism.”
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CATEGORIES: The Arab Spring | Iraq | Newt Gingrich | Official Statements | War on Terror |
Saturday January 01, 2011
“America currently lacks a unified grand strategy for defeating radical Islamism. The result is that we currently view Iraq, Afghanistan, and the many other danger spots of the globe as if they are isolated, independent situations. Only a grand strategy for marginalizing, isolating, and defeating radical Islamists across the world will lead to victory.”
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CATEGORIES: Islamophobia | Newt Gingrich | Official Statements | War on Terror |
Saturday January 01, 2011
“We must never forget that the plot to kill Americans on 9/11 was hatched in the mountains of Afghanistan. As President, my decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan or Iraq would be based on military considerations and not on turns helping my personal political fortunes. We must and we can win in Afghanistan and we must provide General Allen the resources he needs to win. And we must return to the negotiation table with Iraq so that the peace is preserved there and to seek repayment for the heavy price we paid in liberating the Iraqi people from a brutal dictator.”
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CATEGORIES: Iraq | Michele Bachmann | Official Statements | War on Terror |
Saturday January 01, 2011
“The United States must remain a firm and steadfast ally for Iraq, maintaining an ongoing diplomatic, economic, and military to military partnership with this emerging democratic ally in the Middle East.”
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CATEGORIES: Iraq | Official Statements | Rick Perry | War on Terror |
Saturday January 01, 2011
“We need to sanction the Iranian Central Bank. That would be one of the most powerful ways to impact the Iranian regime”
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CATEGORIES: Iran | Official Statements | Rick Perry | War on Terror |
Saturday January 01, 2011
“In his first 100 days, make clear that the military option [on Iran] is on the table by ordering the regular presence of an aircraft carrier task force in both the Eastern Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf region simultaneously. He will also begin talks with Israel to increase military coordination and assistance and enhance intelligence sharing.”
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CATEGORIES: Iran | Mitt Romney | Official Statements | War on Terror |
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